Rona Altrows is an editor, fiction writer, essayist, and playwright. With Naomi K. Lewis, she co-edited Shy (UAlberta Press), and with Julie Sedivy she co-edited Waiting (UAlberta Press), both theme-based anthologies. Her most recent work of fiction is At This Juncture and her website is www.ronaaltrows.com.

Sharon Butala is an award-winning and bestselling author of The Perfection of the Morning. A recipient of the Order of Canada, she lives near Eastend Saskatchewan with her husband Peter on prairie ranchland that they have donated to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Shorter: Jane Cawthorne is a writer, editor, and feminist activist. Her first novel, Patterson House, is forthcoming with Inanna Publications in 2022. She recently published the anthology, Writing Menopause, with Elaine Morin in 2017. Jane writes about women on the brink of transformation. Longer: Jane Cawthorne is a writer, editor, and feminist activist. Her first novel, Patterson House, is forthcoming with Inanna Publications in 2022. She recently published the anthology, Writing Menopause, with Elaine Morin in 2017. She has written about her personal experience with illness before in "The Cure for a Cancer Cliché," which was the first runner-up in the PRISM International Creative Non Fiction Contest in 2007, and again in her essay, "Something As Big As A Mountain," published in PRISM in 2012 and listed as a notable essay in Best American Essays 2013. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and writes about women on the brink

Patti Edgar is a writer and educator driven by curiosity and a desire to make the difficult easier to understand. A former journalist, she now teaches aspiring young reporters in Calgary. An essay on her struggles to learn a second language was recently published in the anthology Waiting (University of Alberta Press). Ms. Edgar holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

Leslie Greentree is the author of two books of poetry, guys named Bill (2002) and go-go dancing for Elvis (2003), shortlisted for the Griffin Award for Excellence in Poetry. Her short story, The Brilliant Save, was a winner of CBC Radio's annual Alberta Anthology competition. Leslie has read across much of Canada and at the Dublin Writers' Festival. She lives in Red Deer, Alberta. This is her first book of short stories.

Lee Kvern is the award-winning author of short stories and novels. Novels: Afterall and The Matter of Sylvie were nominated for the Alberta Book Awards, Sylvie was long-listed for the Relit Award. Her short stories are also well celebrated: "White" was the national winner of the CBC Literary Awards, "I May Have Known You" was nominated for the Howard 'O'Hagan Award, and "Detachment" was a finalist in the Malahat Open Season. Her work has been produced for CBC Radio, and published in Event, Descant, and enRoute, and on Joyland.ca (New York) and Foundpress.com. Please visit www.leekvern.com or follow Lee on Twitter @LeeKvern.

Margaret Macpherson holds a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and has worked as a teacher and journalist in Halifax, Bermuda, and Vancouver. She currently lives in Edmonton with her husband and four children.

Alice Major emigrated from Scotland at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a weekly newspaper reporter. She served as the City of Edmonton's first poet laureate from 2005-2007. A widely-published author, she has won many distinctions. Her most recent book, Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science, received the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for non-fiction as well as a National Magazine Award gold medal. Her website is www.alicemajor.com.

A published poet, Wendy McGrath lives in Edmonton with her husband and two sons.

"A great deal of our lives is spent waiting. As humans we wait for public transit and for food at restaurants and food courts... And we wait for longer, more existential things: the birth of a baby, the progression of an illness, the arrival or departure of a friend or family member, acceptance or rejection of a job opportunity, love. In this edited anthology, a broad array of writers...examine various aspects of why and how we wait." -- Quill & Quire, 20181001

"Each of these thirty-two essays is powerful, distinctive, authentic.... I closed this book feeling that I'd been on thirty-two life journeys.... Waiting is not just filling blank time. It is also about courage and love." [Full review at https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/2019/02/02/Waiting-An-Anthology-of-Essays-edited-by-Rona-Altrows-and-Julie-Sedivy] -- Elizabeth Greene -- Ottawa Review of Books, 20190101

# 2 on Calgary Herald's Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, October 6, 2018 -- Calgary Herald, 20181006

# 9 on Calgary Herald's Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, October 13, 2018 -- Calgary Herald, 20181013

# 2 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, October 19, 2018 -- 20181019

"There's plenty to debate here... These are just a few of the kinds of waiting essayed here, and they are all very much worth reading." Saskatoon StarPhoenix, January 26, 2019 [Full review at https://thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/books/book-reviews-the-literary-history-of-saskatchewan-vol-3-waiting] -- Bill Robertson

Cover Design of the Year

Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta (2018) - Short-listed [Canada]

Cover Design of the Year

Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta (2019) - Short-listed [Canada]